Turn inquiries into booked jobs and past customers into repeat ones. CRM, automated email and SMS follow-up, review requests and reactivation campaigns, all running on autopilot.
Part of the LeadsFortress System. Not sold on its own, here's why below.
Contractor leads rarely go cold over price. They go cold over silence. A homeowner who asked for a quote on Monday and heard nothing by Wednesday has already contacted somebody else. Consistent follow-up until they book or decline recovers work most companies quietly write off.
| This engine | Doing it yourself | Buying leads | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Follow-up attempts | Until booked or declined | 1 to 2 | None |
| Channels | Text, email, call | Whichever is handy | None |
| Runs when busy | Yes | No | n/a |
| Old leads reworked | Yes | Rarely | No |
| Who does the chasing | Automated | You, after hours | Nobody |
Google Search Essentials sets out the site-side basics that follow-up depends on: Google Search Essentials.
Every lead and customer tracked in one place, not scattered across texts and sticky notes.
Automated email sequences that keep leads warm without you writing a single one.
Text-based follow-up, usually the fastest channel to get a response from a warm lead.
The sequences run themselves, triggered by what a lead does or doesn't do.
Automatically triggered after a completed job, feeding straight into the Trust Engine.
Past customers re-engaged with timed campaigns, without you having to remember who's due a call.
Inquiries come in, then sit. No follow-up, no second touch, no nurture. They buy from whoever responds first, and if that's not you, the job's gone, along with the time it took to generate that lead in the first place.
The Follow-Up Engine closes that gap automatically. Every inquiry gets worked through a structured sequence, without you having to remember, and past customers get reactivation touches long after the job is done, turning a one-time customer into a repeat one without any manual effort.
The Follow-Up Engine works best alongside the other four. That's why it isn't sold on its own, engines feed each other, and fixing one leak while four others keep draining rarely moves the number.
See How It Fits Your System →Home improvement decisions take days or weeks, and often involve an insurance adjuster and a spouse. Follow-up gets built around that timeline instead of around a three day sales cadence borrowed from software.
Text for speed, email for the quote and photos, a call when the moment matters. Most companies pick one and wonder why half the quotes never get answered.
The sequence runs until they book or tell you no. A clear no is a good outcome; silence treated as a no is money left on the table.
Every contractor has a list of quotes that went quiet months ago. Reactivating that list is usually the fastest revenue in the entire system, because the work is already qualified.
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